Cranford Track Prepares for Spring Season

With only one winter meet remaining on the schedule, here is a look back at how the Cranford track squad has been performing as of late:

-Records have been broken... Kristen VanBenschoten finished up her high school indoor career by breaking the school record three times and leaving her mark with a 35'9" school record and PR.  Bombs away outdoors!

After a hard fall in the 55HH while she was leading, Bryanna Grant needed a week to let her collar bone heal and then she was back with a vengeance.

Bryanna broke Kelly Burke's indoor Union County and School TJ record with a jump of 39'9" to win the Eastern State Championship on Tues Feb 28.  That jump also broke the Eastern State Championship meet record, ranks her #6 in the US this season, #1 in NJ this season and #4 ALL TIME in NJ Indoor TJ.  That mark also qualified her for the Penn Relays in April. 

She also hurdled after having fallen, only to PR in the trials (8.80) and then again in the semi finals (8.78).  Bryanna will be competing in the New Balance National meet March 9-11 in NYC.

Adham McGuire broke his own indoor school record at the Eastern State Championship meet with a jump of 43'9".  He will also be competing at the New Balance Indoor National meet next weekend in NYC.

At the same Eastern meet Regine Hunter upped her TJ PR to 36'7 which earned her a 6th place finish in the meet, qualified her for the National Indoor meet and qualified her for the Penn Relays in April as well.

Gillian Burke also jumped in the meet to a 35'9 which is just on the bubble of qualifying for Penn.  They will make quite a team this outdoor season down the runways.

Lastly, soph Pat Lynch has been on a PV tear. He jumped 12'0 to win the state sectional title, then he PR'd to clear 13'0 and place 4th in the Group 2 State championship and then he was the only Cranford competitor a the MOC this Indoor season as he cleared 12'6".